diff --git a/internal/cmd/cmd.go b/internal/cmd/cmd.go
index 8fafb070ec..d8a429b61e 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ var genCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		output := map[string]string{}
 
 		for i, pkg := range settings.Packages {
+			if pkg.Schema == pkg.Queries {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "package[%d]: schema and query path must not be identical\n", i)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+
 			name := pkg.Name
 
 			if pkg.Path == "" {